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![Painting, Peridot softness, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1659408_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Emerald Glow, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1629321_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sapphire Beam, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1621095_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Labradorite Glow, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1395624_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Golden Beam, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1394736_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amazonite, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1377978_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les mains du temps, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143312_1_grid.jpg)
Les mains du temps
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 14.5 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 5.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$346
![Painting, Oscar, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1956912_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Une rencontre inattendue, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1214664_1_grid.jpg)
Une rencontre inattendue
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 19 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$553
![Painting, New Dawn, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2237604_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ocean Light, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214980_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 2 femmes, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2241933_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'eau claire, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202208_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oil Nu, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2236614_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Fight, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229649_1_grid.jpg)
Fight
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$692
![Fine Art Drawings, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229622_1_grid.jpg)
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 12 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 4.7 x 0.1 inch
$600
![Print, Extases, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213873_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Smoking Away - Size M, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213797_1_grid.jpg)
Smoking Away - Size M
Clara Diebler
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$576
![Painting, Les temps modernes, Nicolas Monjo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2227624_1_grid.jpg)
Les temps modernes
Nicolas Monjo
Painting - 114 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$7,146
![Photography, Smoking Away - Size L, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213798_1_grid.jpg)
Smoking Away - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,384
![Painting, Revelation, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221648_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ocean Swimmers, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221600_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Energy, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221592_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Atmospheric, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221588_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horizon Perspective, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221581_1_grid.jpg)
Horizon Perspective
Bill Bate
Painting - 105 x 95 x 4 cm Painting - 41.3 x 37.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,423 $3,081
![Painting, Referential, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216015_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Inner Voice, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214979_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Graphic Leaves - Size L, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228270_1_grid.jpg)
Graphic Leaves - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,384
![Photography, Graphic Leaves - Size M, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228269_1_grid.jpg)
Graphic Leaves - Size M
Clara Diebler
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$576
![Photography, Naked in the woods - Size L, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2219356_1_grid.jpg)
Naked in the woods - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,384
![Photography, Naked in the woods - Size M, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2219355_1_grid.jpg)
Naked in the woods - Size M
Clara Diebler
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$576
![Photography, Body of leaves - Format L, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213763_1_grid.jpg)
Body of leaves - Format L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,384
![Photography, Body of leaves - Format M, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213762_1_grid.jpg)
Body of leaves - Format M
Clara Diebler
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$576
![Painting, Back, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229406_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Smoking Away - Size S, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213795_1_grid.jpg)
Smoking Away - Size S
Clara Diebler
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$173
![Photography, Smoking Away - Size XS, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213793_1_grid.jpg)
Smoking Away - Size XS
Clara Diebler
Photography - 12 x 8 x 1 cm Photography - 4.7 x 3.1 x 0.4 inch
$115
![Photography, Body of leaves - Format S, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213764_1_grid.jpg)
Body of leaves - Format S
Clara Diebler
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$173
![Photography, Graphic Leaves - Size XS, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228262_1_grid.jpg)
Graphic Leaves - Size XS
Clara Diebler
Photography - 12 x 8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 4.7 x 3.1 x 0 inch
$115
![Photography, Naked in the woods - Size XS, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2219343_1_grid.jpg)
Naked in the woods - Size XS
Clara Diebler
Photography - 12 x 8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 4.7 x 3.1 x 0 inch
$115
![Photography, Body of leaves - Format XS, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213759_1_grid.jpg)
Body of leaves - Format XS
Clara Diebler
Photography - 12 x 8 x 1 cm Photography - 4.7 x 3.1 x 0.4 inch
$115
![Print, Abbatiale St Pons, Nice, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1973658_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Graphic Leaves - Size S, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228268_1_grid.jpg)
Graphic Leaves - Size S
Clara Diebler
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$173
![Photography, Naked in the woods - Size S, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2219354_1_grid.jpg)
Naked in the woods - Size S
Clara Diebler
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$173
![Sculpture, Tancament III, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/482425_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Germanes II, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1180218_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Anne, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/516086_1_grid.jpg)
Anne
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 240 x 150 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 94.5 x 59.1 x 3.9 inch
$19,600
![Sculpture, Five second and eighty one milliseconds, Krikor Avessian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1143249_1_grid.jpg)
Five second and eighty one milliseconds
Krikor Avessian
Sculpture - 60 x 32 x 26 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 12.6 x 10.2 inch
$7,260
![Print, Untitled, Maria Carbonero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1350237_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lovée, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214179_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Clear Blue, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1451262_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tarda al sol IV, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189491_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Maternitat I, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140153_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Touchée, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145570_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'esclave, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172147_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Anatomy Lesson, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/915363_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Catherine de Sienne, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137972_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1172940_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$3,459
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1079943_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$3,459
![Print, Extases 3, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327629_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Marie de l'incarnation, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137976_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, In Good Company, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001639_1_grid.jpg)
In Good Company
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 18 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch
$992
![Fine Art Drawings, Sleeping Girl, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1275072_1_grid.jpg)
Sleeping Girl
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 33 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 13 x 0 inch
$1,268
![Print, Arbrorigènes (Les), Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896787_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1191147_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$5,765
![Painting, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1132977_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1079952_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$5,765
![Print, Boccaccio / Certaldo, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/897009_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tancament IV, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/482449_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tancament II, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/482416_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tancament I, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/482407_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tornem-hi IV, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/295063_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Lying Nude, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/915360_1_grid.jpg)
Lying Nude
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35.5 x 50.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 19.9 x 0.1 inch
$865
![Fine Art Drawings, Telephone, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/915348_1_grid.jpg)
Telephone
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 34.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$865
![Fine Art Drawings, The Phone, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/915279_1_grid.jpg)
The Phone
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$980
![Fine Art Drawings, The Phone Rings, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/915270_1_grid.jpg)
The Phone Rings
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,026
![Painting, Sessual, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/726063_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Extases, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137973_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Reclined Nude, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1295409_1_grid.jpg)
Reclined Nude
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,384
![Fine Art Drawings, Nude, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1295394_1_grid.jpg)
Nude
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$1,038
![Fine Art Drawings, Caveau parisien, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1295361_1_grid.jpg)
Caveau parisien
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$1,384
![Print, EROS, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/878961_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Extase, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2129737_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lingerie 2 - The Butterfly, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1637337_1_grid.jpg)
Lingerie 2 - The Butterfly
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 48 x 39 x 0.3 cm Painting - 18.9 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,380
![Painting, Lingerie 1 - The womb, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1635426_1_grid.jpg)
Lingerie 1 - The womb
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 20 x 27 x 0.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
$960
![Painting, The forbidden Love, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1548459_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Le Rêve, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748857_1_grid.jpg)
Le Rêve
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,729
![Painting, Anne, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201368_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le temps des brumes, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1981344_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le pagne, Benjamin Carbonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1031100_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, L'Éphémère, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748839_1_grid.jpg)
L'Éphémère
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,729
![Photography, L'Envol, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748836_1_grid.jpg)
L'Envol
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,729
![Photography, Gaïa, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748830_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nu au Papillon, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748911_1_grid.jpg)
Nu au Papillon
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,729
Somber Portrait Painters
Sadness, melancholy and gloom have found an outlet in artists throughout history and in the depiction of figurative art. Through artists, humanity and their emotional and physical states are portrayed to be viewed and related to. The instant recognition of such a grave subject also plagues human history itself, thus carving out its own rightful spot amongst the history of art movements. In Edgar Degas' 1875 painting L'Absinthe, where viewers see a portrait of a young woman solemnly contemplating her situation, disengaged from their gaze, her surroundings, maybe even from herself.
Dark hues and colors define somber portrait painting and can highlight the cause of such sadness, whether that be the subject's emotional state or a greater rendering of the world's expanse and the human existence within it. Existential or not, the traits of somber artwork can be found in our own collection of portraits on Artsper. The portraiture work of Nicolas Fropo de Habart works the body in all its dimensions to create an absolute feeling of vastness while Antoine Stevens also depicts wandering souls in his dimmed portraiture. But given the nature of humanity, somber depictions of the figure are not entirely unexpected…